South Carolina Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Florence, South Carolina

Population: 30,248

Located in Florence County

Florence, South Carolina

A comfortable, family oriented lifestyle awaits you in Florence, South Carolina. You will find gracious southern hospitality embodied in Florence's warm, friendly people. Elegant historic homes and public buildings with hardwood floors and twelve foot ceilings are nestled among towering live oaks, pine and pecan trees. Luxuriant blossoming shrubs and flower beds adorn public parks, buildings, lawns and gardens, creating a beautiful wash of color throughout the community each spring. But all is not old about Florence. Modern architecture is seen in local medical centers, schools, churches, office buildings and private homes. Shopping centers feature everything from major chain department stores, mass merchandisers and home centers to fine clothiers and quaint specialty shops. Contemporary facilities like professional golf courses, tournament grade softball fields and tennis courts, swimming pools, play grounds and parks offer fun and sport both day and night.

Education is a strong concern of the people who live in this area. Sixteen of our nineteen schools and our career center have been award winners and three of our elementary schools have been recognized as ``Palmetto's Finest," the highest award available to elementary schools in the state. With creative, innovative and educated teachers, gifted programs, school and university partnership our schools continue to make progress toward excellence. The International Baccalaureate Program is offered at two of the local schools providing challenges and opportunities for outstanding students. With a continuing commitment to scholastic excellence, public and private schools offer and array of choices in education. Francis Marion University and Florence-Darlington Technical College each provide extensive secondary educational opportunities to the community.

The health-care industry in Florence has to be one of the most envied in the state. HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital practices state of the art rehab in both physical and occupational fields. McLeod Regional Medial Center is the teaching hospital and referral center for a 12 county area. Centers of excellence include one of the finest Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the southeast. Carolinas Hospital System is the largest in Pee Dee region. Specialty care is delivered through modern technology in clinics that meet the health needs of every citizen.

Florence, South Carolina, located at the juncture of Interstates 95 and 20 and halfway between New York and Miami, serves as the center for trade, industry, healthcare, finance, transportation, and education for northeastern South Carolina. The diversified economy of Florence is home to over 1200 national and international industries including such leaders as Hoffman LaRoche, general Electric, Dupont, Stone Container, Nan Ya Plastics, The Coleman Company, Amana Corporation, Nucor Steel, Honda and others. Over the past five years new and expanded industrial growth within Florence County has produced net new capital investment exceeding $1.1 billion and created more than 1,700 new jobs.